meditation and mindfulness center located in the southwest countryside of France, since 2013 when I read FEAR, a thought-provoking book by the monastery’s renowned founder, Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (who’s now 94 years old).
In it, he writes:“When we suppress our fearful thoughts, they continue to fester in the dark. We are driven to consume (food, alcohol, movies, etc.) in an attempt to forget and keep those thoughts from surfacing in our conscious mind.
Running away from our fear ultimately makes us suffer and makes others suffer, and our fear only grows stronger.”I was afraid of a lot of things.
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